Toy



Jan.; 2, 192s.

1.0.1. n -1 FILED DEC, 30. 1 92'1.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

INVENTOR ATTORN EY Y qu a 4 1W.

f WITNESS:

Patented elan. 2, 192,3.

nari .rarss hetnlfi EUG-ENE GRATEN LIE MEUR, OF RDEANS, MASSACHUSETTS.

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application inea December 3c, i921. serialA no. 525,831@

f "o all, 'to/1,0m may concern; n

Be it known that l, EUGENE Gini'rinN Ln Meer, citizen oit France, residing'at Orleans in the countyy of Barnstable 'and State cular direction around a standard. to pro! duce the etlect. ofl one plane chasing the other, the standard having. its ends headed whereby the saine may be reversely positioned when the traveler has reached the. limit of its movement inone direction thereon to permit of the same again traveling in a downward directionk on the standard, the aeroplanes, incident to the swinging connection et the suspending means therefor with the standard againy assuming upright positions, and whereby the traveler will continuously tra fel downwardly on the standard when the saine is repeatedly ar-V ranged end :tor end.

lt is a furtlierobject to produce an amusenient device or toy in which a tubular standard is employed, the same having removably connected with its ends blocks, and the said standard having spirally wound therearound a wire which provides the same with a spiral track, and which incident to its inherent resiliency will effectively grip the standard, the said wire having` its ends oiliiset and hooked, while on the standard there is a traveler, the saine beingprefern ably constructed from a single strand of wire which is centrally wound upon itself to provide a spiral that isv designed to enk cage with and travel on the spiral track olf thc standard, and whereby the opposed arms of the travelers are disposed one below the other, `while swiiigingly connected to the end ot each of the arins a light :rod 'or bar that supports thereon a weighted body which is preferably in the nature oit a mi.1 nnte aeroplane, the traveler, when. arranged at the top of the standard, incident to the weighted bodies on the ends thereof de-r scending by gravity, and in such movement follows the course of the spiral track to give the appearance of one of the planes attempting to capture the other plane, and when nieral l. yvided with heads Q.

the said traveler reaches the bottoni oit the track one ot' kthe arms thereof is contacted by the hooked end ofthe track to prevent further movement, the operation oit the toy being` practically continuous by merely turn` ing the standard end for end and permitting the saine to be alternately ksnqpported on each of its heads.

A further object is to produce a'toy ofik this character which shall 4be of an cxtrernely simple construction, cheaplyr nianufactured and marketed, and which'will alftordboth amusement and instruction.

Y. The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature et the invention' 1s bettenunderstood, inay be accomplished by a construction, combination and operative association of parts, such as is disclosed by` the dravings which accompany andy which forni part ol' tiis specilication.

In the drawings :-r V f Figure 'lr is a perspective view oil-"the iinprovement. l

Figure is a horizontal sectional view taken through the tubular standard directly above the traveler, andvloolring inthe direction oi' the traveler. f

Figure 3 is a Yfraginentary sectional. view taken through one or the standard.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line l-l of Figure 2,

Figure o is a elergand the weighted elements carried thereby.

Figure is a perspective view ol a por-y tion oli the spirally wound. wire that pro' vides the track.

Referringnow to the drawings in detail,

`of theV removable `heads perspective view ot the travn' a tubular standard is indicated by the nuy centrally provided "wit-ha stein El designed to be received in the end ot the standard and to rictionally engage with the wall thereof, The standard may be Supported in a vertical. position when resting on either of the heads 2.

Wound spirally around the standard is a wire 4L.

The standard has itsends pro-k lllach head is preitei'- y ably in. the nature oi* a 'dat block' and is.

Alhe wire, incident to its inherent resiliency will exert a suiticient friction` Wire provides the standard with a. spiral track. The wire or track fl has its ends oil'- set and preferably lwolr-shaped, as at 5, the purpose of which will presently be apparent.

Designed tor movement downwardly on the standard there is a traveler.

strand of wire which is centrallv coiled u son itsellt to provide a spirally Wound track engaging portion G, the ends of the saidportion 6 being` extended in opposite directions to provide arms 7 and 8 respectively. The arms 7 and S are oiliset with respect to each other, that is one is arranged below the other. On the outer end or each of the arms there is swingingly secured, as 9 a light rod l0. Each rod has its free end secured to a Weighted. body ll. ln the showing ci the drawings, the Weighted bodies are in the nature of miniature aeroplanes, and as one oit the planes is arranged above the other it will be apparent that when the traveler descends on the standard and travels on the spiral track, thereof, a rotary motion Will be imparted to the traveler and one of the planeswill have t-he appearance oichasing the other plane. lWhen the traveler has reached the limit ofv its downward Lmovement, one of the arms thereof will contact with one of the hook-shaped ends 5 of the spiral track which limits the movement ora the said traveler in such direction. By simply turning the device end for end, that permitting the same to be supported upon the head thereof which is previously uppermost, the weighted bodies, incident to the hinged swinging connection of the supporting rods 10 with the arms 7 and 8 of the The tra veier is preferably constructed from a single tra veler will again assume upright positions, and the traveler will again descend on the standard.

By removing one oit the heads vtrom the standard and by straightening the hookshaped end 5 of the Wire track 4, the traveler maybe detached from the standard. rlhis is desirable when the toy is not in use or when the same is to be packed for shipment or storage. It will be noted that the toy is of an extremely simple construction to permit ofthe cheap manufacturing and marketing .thereof and as the device may be operated by simply turning the same end tor end in a vertical direction, a continuous source of amusement will be alforded.

lt is to be understood, however, that in lieu of the miniature aeroplanes, other weighted objects may be swingingly supported from the ends or the arms of the traveler.

Having described the inventioinl claim In a toy,`a tubular standard, headsy having stems received in the ends or' the standard providing rests for the device when the same is arranged in reverse vertical positions, a spring Wire' member spirally Wound around the standard and providing a track, said track having its ends hook-shaped to iorm stops for a traveler, a traveler having a central spiral portion engaging the spiral track and having` oppositely directed arms at the respective ends of the said spiral portion. rods swingingly supported on the ends ot the arms, and a Weighted element on each rod. i

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

EUGENE G. LE MEUR. 

